News & Events
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Studio8 Design website
Just finished creating the new website for Studio8 Design. Some really beautiful work on there – currently 60 projects, 700 images and counting.
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North 3 postponed
After fifteen anxious days waiting for a weather window in Resolute Bay, Canada, Ben Saunders’ North 3 expedition has finally succumb to the ongoing bad weather – the worst in at least 30 years by all accounts. We’re so disappointed for Ben and expedition manager Andy Ward but are nonetheless very pleased to have been involved in the expedition. The live infographics we had lined up to cover the days on the ice were like nothing we’ve ever done before, and I very much hope we’ll get the chance to utilise them for Ben’s next expedition, Scott 2012 – retracing Captain Scott’s footsteps a centenary after his death – later this year.
That Ben managed to create such drama and interest through the video updates and blog posts he sent back without ever stepping foot on the ice are testament to his enduring ability to engage and inspire. Temujin Doran’s video shorts have been compelling, this one documenting Ben and Andy’s meticulous weight saving measures was probably the pick of the lot – a truly fascinating insight into the planning and build up to an expedition such as this.
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Design Week Award Winners!
We are delighted to have won a Design Week Award for our ongoing work with The Times. The infographic work we produced in 2010 was shortlisted in the Digital Design – Information category and we came away from last nights event as proud winners!
A picture of us all suited and booted, with Jon Hill, Alex Breuer and Matt Brown from The Times.
A great night was had by all, completely worth the bleary eyes and thumping heads this morning.
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Ben Saunders: North 3
We’re just finishing off work on a very exciting website for polar explorer Ben Saunders, who’s just left the UK for Canada to embark on a North Pole speed record attempt. Ben originally contacted us back in June, saying “I’m looking for a design agency to help with a few slightly unusual web and print projects.” Needless to say, when Ben went on to explain that he intended to walk nearly 500 miles solo to the North Pole in just 36 days we were eager to get involved.
Following an identity project and exhibition graphics we produced for Ben in collaboration with Studio8 Design in November, we set about creating a site that would enable people to follow the expedition over the course of 6 weeks. The first issue to tackle was the fact that due to the extreme latitudes it’s impossible to get high bandwidth connections from the poles, since the satellites are geo-stationery around the equator: the further North you go, the weaker the signal. So live daily webchats and glorious photography were out. We needed to build the site around data that could easily be sent back at the expense of a few kilobytes of bandwidth.
The final site with all the live data and infographics (pictured above with dummy data) will launch on or around Tuesday 15th March, when Ben sets off. Ben’s GPS co-ordinates will be sent back every hour along with distance travelled per hour – posted live on the site and to Ben’s Twitter page. A live countdown clock will display the time remaining, and a cumulative graph of daily stats (latitude, distance travelled, sled weight and temperature) will show Ben’s progress. Ben will also send a post back at the end of each day, with an image.
The new site went live yesterday (less the forthcoming live data-rich homepage above), featuring a video by Temujin Doran.
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The Times George W Bush timeline
Timeline of George W Bush’s tenure in the Whitehouse, produced for The Times for thetimes.co.uk and iPad Edition for today’s world exclusive. Viewable on The Times website here.
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Intro sequence for Eureka iPad app
The Times have released an iPad special edition of their monthly science supplement Eureka Magazine, featuring an animated intro sequence by Applied Works.
The sequence builds on the app’s graphic interface of interconnected hexagonal buttons, which act as the main navigation. Animated lines ‘spawn’ branches of hexagons, one for each of the app’s five sports science topics – engineering, medicine, psychology, human physiology and biology.
As well as providing an elegant bridge between the opening masthead and navigation screen, the animation also provides the user a glimpse of the content and an explanation of the interface. Original music and sound design by Adelphoi Music.
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Ben Saunders identity launched
Just launched is a new identity for polar explorer and record-breaking long-distance skier, Ben Saunders. Designed in collaboration with Studio8 Design, the mark is a play on North/South compass pointers. The first applications of the new identity are an exhibition stand, postcards, polo shirts, equipment branding and plasma screen animation (below) for the Ski & Snowboard Show at London Olympia.
Next year Ben will embark on two new expeditions; a solo and unsupported North Pole speed record attempt and Scott 2012 – tracing Captain Scott’s footsteps on the centenary of his ill-fated trip to the South Pole. Nobody has completed the 1,800 mile journey from the coast of Antartica to the pole and back on foot. We are looking forward to expanding the identity in support of these two extraordinary expeditions later this year. Watch this space…
Ben Saunders Identity project page
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Applied Works featured in Weave
We’ve recently popped up in a couple of overseas design publications. First, German magazine Weave ran a feature on our work for The Times, focusing on an interactive Health Map of England (below).
Weave interviewed yours truly and Jon Hill at the Times about the project. Unfortunately its all in German so I’ve no idea how it reads – looks nice all the same.
Secondly, a Korean Design monthly magazine also showcased the Times work as part of an infographics special (below).
If anyone does sprechen Sie Deutsch, an except from the Weave article is featured on their website: weave.de/video/appliedworks0510
Read more about the project on our Times project page.
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The Times Ryder Cup scoreboard
Here’s another one! The Times asked us to create an interactive Ryder Cup graphic for their iPad edition and thetimes.co.uk. The graphic features live scores for the three day competition (maybe four if it keeps raining), a course guide with video flyovers, player profiles, and a Twitter feed comprised of golf experts and enthusiasts.
Anyone who knows me will be surprised to learn that I’ve played the role of Applied Works golf expert for this project – yes, there is a sport that I know something about!
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The Times Pope timeline
To coincide with this week’s Pope visit to the UK, today’s Times iPad Edition and thetimes.co.uk feature a timeline of key events in the history of the Catholic Church. Designed and built by Applied Works, 15 key dates from 1517 to the present day are illustrated with accompanying text, audio and newspaper clippings.
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